Unfortunately, the Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition still has some of the issues that plagued the original version. But the game certainly makes the city seem vibrant and alive. And even if I had, I wouldn’t have experienced the city’s seedy underbelly. Is the real Hong Kong anything like this? I have no idea, I’ve never been. While the world in the Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition may not be as vast as the one in a Grand Theft Auto game, it’s just as rich and layered. Which isn’t a compliment or a criticism, just an observation. The extra stuff doesn’t feel like a distraction or busy work, though it also doesn’t give the city as much color or give you as much to do. While there’s a lot less to do in this game, all of it relates - even if just tangentially - to the story and your role in it. The Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition also differentiates itself from the Grand Theft Auto games by being smaller in scope but far more focused. As a result, the Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition is much closer to the Saints Row series, especially 2011’s Saints Row: The Third, than ones named after a car crime. For instance, while this has you parkouring like Ezio from Assassin’s Creed II, the combat is way better than anything in that series (though Wei should really learn how to dodge). What makes the Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition stand out, though, is that it combines the good parts in ways other games do not. The driving? Well, okay, it’s very Grand Theft Auto-esque, in that you go three times faster than everyone else on the road.
The free running? That has Assassin’s Creed written all over it. The combo-driven fist-fighting that has you being attacked from all sides? Straight out of Batman: Arkham City (well, if Bats wasn’t as acrobatic). Besides the well-tread premise, much of the gameplay is familiar as well. Oh, that reminds me, there’s this bridge in Brooklyn….Īdmittedly, Sleeping Dogs isn’t the most original game ever made. Which - as you know if you’ve ever watched the movies Infernal Affairs or The Departed - means that everything goes according to plan and everyone ends up happy and healthy and wise. Made both before and again by United Front Games, the Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition casts you as Wei Shen, an undercover cop in Hong Kong tasked with infiltrating a local crime syndicate. But while this new edition isn’t worth getting if you’ve already played the first edition, this engaging open-world action game is worth getting if you missed it before. Sadly, the former is what we’re getting once again with the Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition that’s being released by Square Enix on the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. Especially when you have ones like Metro Redux which vastly improved aspects of the original Metro games. After the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition, The Last Of Us Remastered, and others, it’s hard not to be tired of next-fen remakes that only spruce up the graphics and include the previously released add-ons.
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